that will be hard to beat. It is somewhat of a tough subject to get creative with and I think this photographer did just that, got creative. Taking a photo of a book is pretty simple, getting creative to expand from that "book" takes imagination.
The very large book works and the creative lighting looks good, overall nice composition.
Nice shot and I don't think it looks "flat" at all. It looks more "soft" than "flat" and it works with this, kind of a "mist" feel to it with an old mystic tone.
I love the idea and generally love the execution. Take this for what it is worth--as others clearly disagree--for me, I find the processing overly stylized. But stick to your own vision.
nothing is over stylized here and don't think there is such a thing when it comes to ones own art work. Those that choose to like it will, those that choose to not like it won't. Looks like more like it and the sum of the total only matters in the end, I like it.
Did you use the LucisArt plugin for this one? It has that strange dimensionality look about it - could be a still from a film like Harry Potter... Would be nice to see the original shot, because the composition is so strong it might work either way...and less stylised stuff tends to do better on this board.
it might look a little strange in dimension because no backlight was used to make it "pop" out more and give it that 2 dimension look. Too much light would have taken away from the mystic feel. It is what it is and it is very fine work.
Hey Rian, I just looked through your "behiind the scenes" web site and Flickr site. You're way overqualified for the WA!
It does look like your album covers, and that's ok. Good luck.
While I like the overall professional look and feel of thisone, I generally prefer photographs over overly processed images, but hey, that's just me! Good luck
I love the idea and generally love the execution. Take this for what it is worth--as others clearly disagree--for me, I find the processing overly stylized. But stick to your own vision.
Cheers,
Steve S.
Hey steve, thank you Yes I usually don't process this much, but it seemed to work this time. I think I am going to redo this in a commercial setting. This was like 15 minutes of shooting and about 1 hour of editing haha
I know this is your style, and I like the drama of this image, but the PP is bit over the top for my tastes. With less contrast, and distorted skin tones...this image would be much more powerful. In fact, grayscale would even work better for me. Sorry, just being honest. I do like your style in some of the other images you have on your site...
Very creative. I agree with James; for the WA my tastes run more towards photography and less artsy composites, but that's just my taste (and I'm a graphic designer who has done lots of art and lots of composites!)... I limit myself to photography here because there are tons of forums for digital art whereas I'm here to do photography. It's cool though!! :-)
Hope you guys like it!
